What is RSI, Tendonitis and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI) occur from repeated physical motions that damage tendons, nerves, muscles, and other soft tissues in the body. Occupations ranging from meat packers to musicians have characteristic RSIs that can result from the typical tasks they perform. The rise in the use of flat, lightweight computers and keyboards that allow for high-speed typing has resulted in an epidemic of hand, arm, and shoulder injuries. The use of pointing devices like mice and trackballs is just as much, if not more of a cause. Thousands of repeated keystrokes and long periods of grabbing and dragging with mice slowly accumulate damage to the body.

The term repetitive strain injury (RSI) is not, by itself, a medical diagnosis. It is used to describe a number of named musculoskeletal conditions (such as tenosynovitis, hand cramps, tendonitis, etc.), as well as “diffuse RSI”, which is more difficult to define but which recent research attributes to nerve damage. These are almost always of occupational origin. ‘Repetitive Strain Injury’ is a term similar to ‘Sports Injury’ in that it says more about how the injury was sustained, rather than what the injury actually is. This condition refers to tender inflammation of the tendons, the rope-like or rope-like structures that connect muscles to bones to work the joints of the body. When any group of tendons is overused, microscopic tears can occur, leading to inflammation. Even a minor contraction in the muscle can lead to further irritation.

Tendonitis most commonly affects the hand, wrist, elbows, and shoulders, although it can occur in any joint in the body. Other conditions may be related to inflammation of the tendons, such as tenosynovitis. Tendinitis produces pain and local tenderness. The thickening and scarring may prevent the affected fingers or extremities from performing their normal range of motion. The increase in pain and disability is usually gradual, unless the injury is the result of a sudden strain (tear) or a direct blow. The most common recognizable factor is overloading of the tendon through repetitive physical activity. Certain sports can cause discomfort and at work it can occur from overuse of the keyboard, computer mouse, or from routine assembly line work.

The carpal tunnel is a passageway in the wrist formed by the eight carpal (wrist) bones, which form the floor and sides of the tunnel, and the transverse carpal ligament, a strong ligament that spans the roof of the tunnel.

Inside the carpal tunnel are tendons that run down from the forearm muscles and work to flex the fingers and thumb. Also running through the tunnel is the median nerve, a pencil-sized cord that returns information to your brain about the sensations you feel in your thumb, index, middle, and (occasionally) ring finger.

In carpal tunnel syndrome, the median nerve is pinched, often because the tendons swell and overcrowd the tunnel. The median nerve inside the carpal tunnel is very sensitive to pressure, so there are many possible causes, including arthritis, fluid retention, and diabetes. If the problem occurs during the day, it is important to look for a link with regular physical activities at work or at home, for example; writing, typing, using the computer mouse, DIY, housework or knitting. Repeated flexion and extension of the wrist, as is common in various work activities, can cause inflammation that puts pressure on the nerve. Work factors that can contribute to the condition include insufficient rest breaks and awkward postures.

Magnetic treatment of RSI, Tendinitis and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

RSI, tendonitis, and carpal tunnel syndrome are injuries related to stress and overuse of the tendons and muscles of the body. Although most people associate them with the hand, wrist, and arm, RSIs can occur anywhere on the body where there is constant repetition of an action. These types of stress injuries are often naturally acute rather than chronic and can be treated very successfully. The overriding goal with all of these conditions is to reduce inflammation surrounding tight tendons, muscles, and tissues, as well as renew damaged soft tissue. While conventional treatments revolve around the use of pain relievers, rest, splints, and even in some cases (carpal tunnel syndrome) surgery, the magnets will work to treat the inflammation that is causing the condition to continue. Typical magnetic therapy treatments for these conditions would be:

1)RSI – Wherever the RSI is located, the magnets should be placed directly over the stressed area. Straps or bandages are most often used as they also provide an element of support, as well as magnetic therapy. For example, RSI on the back would be dealt with a back. As RSI damage is generally limited to soft tissue, muscle and tendon, results can be seen fairly quickly as the magnetic field will reduce inflammation pressing on nerve endings within a few days (in most cases). the cases).

2) Tendonitis: Predominantly in the arm, can be treated with straps placed around the injury or by using high strength magnetic jewelry. If jewelry is worn on the wrist and the injury is on the elbow or upper arm, the force of the jewelry must be strong enough to allow the magnetic field to penetrate to the injury. As mentioned above, a magnetic field gets weaker the further away it is from the magnetic source. For this reason, jewelry must have at least 2000 Gauss/200 m Tesla per magnet.

3) Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: It is always located in the wrist and is very easy to treat with a wrist brace or magnetic bracelet. As with all conditions magnets should be worn day and night to get the most benefit, this is particularly important with carpal tunnel syndrome as most symptoms occur at night (pins and needles, cramps, numbness, swelling).

These three foods are very painful and limit the mobility of the affected area, but do not have an underlying disease process such as arthritis or osteoporosis. The damage occurs as a result of the tasks that the victim performs on a daily basis. This means that once the symptoms have resolved, the condition is, in effect, ‘cured’ in such a way that it will not recur until the repeat has been performed again a significant number of times to make the condition recur. As a result, once the injury has resolved, patients can go long periods of time without any symptoms and when the symptoms start to recur, the immediate application of magnets will resolve the pain very quickly.